Greetings from Pioneer PTA!
Fri, March 17th: Spring Dance & 5th Grade Bake Sale
Mon, March 20th: NO SCHOOL
April 3rd-7th: SPRING BREAK!
Wed, April 12: Class Pictures
Wed, April 19: Rock & Read
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★Presales for the Spring Dance are LIVE! Follow this link to order your tickets now. Once you order, we will email you your ticket(s) for entry. Pre-sales for our March 17th dance will end on Thursday, March 16th. Thanks to everyone who has signed up to help! Now we just need some volunteers to help with cleanup after the dance! Sign up HERE to volunteer.
★5th Grade Families: Please return bake sale forms that went home last week to your teacher ASAP. Thank you! Please email annaboyd719@gmail.com or text 503-881-3818 with questions. We will start reaching out to confirm treats and shifts starting at the end of this week.
★March is Staff Appreciation Month at Pioneer! PTA will be celebrating our amazing Pioneer staff every week in March, starting this Wednesday. Check out the flier of events HERE. If you would like to bring desserts for our Cupcake and Dessert bar, please sign up here. If you’d like to donate items for the March 22nd staff raffle (gift cards, event tickets, gift baskets, etc), please reach out to meghan.taylor76@gmail.com to arrange the donation. Thank you!
★It’s time to order your 2022-2023 Yearbook! Follow this link to purchase. Please note, the process is different this year, and you MUST pre-order your yearbook online through Bell Imaging. No cash or checks accepted for yearbook purchase. If you would like to include a dedication on our dedication page, fill out this Google form. The cost for a dedication is $3, and it is paid to Pioneer PTA (instructions to pay are on the form). Dedication space is limited, so make your dedication now. The Google form will close once the dedication page is filled.
★5th Grade Cover Contest winner: Congratulations to fifth grader Amelia Coleman, this year’s winner of the Yearbook Cover Contest! Thanks to all the 5th graders who participated. We have some amazing young artists, and they will all be featured in our yearbook. Click HERE to see the winning entry.
★Volunteer Opportunities: Follow this link to sign up to help with Staff Appreciation, the Spring Dance, Rock & Read, Class Picture Day, Family Fun Night, and Field Day!
★2023-2024 PTA Board Nominations are LIVE now! Please fill out this Google Form to recommend yourself or someone else to be a part of next year’s PTA board.
★PTA has started a Sports Program Fund to help support and sustain the basketball and soccer programs here at Pioneer. Due to limited resources, Pioneer’s sports programs for 4th & 5th graders are no longer being funded by PAL (Police Activities League). If you or your business would like to support the sports programs at Pioneer, please consider a donation or sponsorship. Checks can be made out to Pioneer PTA with memo: Sports Program, or you can make a donation HERE. These funds will go towards tournament expenses and bus transportation to neighboring schools. Please email Mrs. Brown directly at Nancy.Brown@evergreenps.org for questions.
★Pioneer’s Rock & Read Event: On Wednesday, April 19th, Pioneer will be celebrating reading by having students and adults rocking (in a rocking chair) and reading. We hope to have the rocking chairs filled all day! We will have 6 rocking chairs available. (2 for primary grades, two for intermediate grades, and 2 for adults). Students will come to the library during their time slot and read and rock for 15 minutes. Participating students will receive a certificate and a small prize or treat. Adult readers can be staff, parents or volunteers (background check must be on file for non-staff). If you would like to be a part of our Rock & Read event, sign up for a 15 minute time slot HERE!
District-Wide Bookmark Contest! Teacher-Librarians across Evergreen have collaborated to create a district-wide bookmark contest on the theme The Joy of Reading. The contest is open for student entries from March 1 - April 10. Pioneer will choose 10 entries from the submissions to send on to the 2nd round at the district level (5 from grades K-2 and 5 from grades 3-5). A panel of judges will then choose a selection of finalists for online voting. Online voting for the finalists will take place April 23-29 during School Library Week. The top three vote getters will have copies of their bookmark produced for all students to choose one and keep. Mr. Suenkel will promote the contest during library time and have copies of the entry forms available. Students and families can also print entry forms at home using this link. Thank you and happy reading!
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★ Our most up-to-date School/PTA Calendar can be found HERE.★
★ Previous weekly emails can be found HERE★
★ Questions? Reach out to us! pioneerptareg3@gmail.com or Message us through our Facebook page. We look forward to hearing from you!★
Gratefully yours,
YOUR Pioneer PTA
Pioneer Staff Birthdays for March:
4- Angela Domer (Learning Support)
16- Aleksey Roslyy (ELL Assistant)
17- Erandi Osorio (2nd Grade DI Teacher)